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Gretchen Rubin is the author of the blockbuster New York Times bestsellers, Happier at Home and The Happiness Project--accounts of her experiences test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. On her popular blog, The Happiness Project, www.happiness-project.com, she reports on her daily adventures in the pursuit of happiness.

Rubin is an enthusiastic proponent of using technology to engage with readers about ideas, and she has a wide, active following. Not only that--“The Happiness Project” was even an answer on the game-show Jeopardy!

A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, Rubin started her career in law, and she was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor when s...more


wilder11_lgI’m a fanatical reader of children’s literature, and one of my favorite authors is Laura Ingalls Wilder. In fact, Happier at Home’s conclusion–which I think, in all modesty, is one of the best things I’ve ever written in my entire life–centers on the last few sentences from Little House in the Big Woods.


A thoughtful reader suggested that I might enjoy Little House in the Ozarks, a collection of...

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Average rating: 3.52 · 47,346 ratings · 6,227 reviews · 10 distinct works · Similar authors
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3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 43,876 ratings — published 2009 — 37 editions
Happier at Home: Kiss More,...
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Forty Ways to Look at Winst...
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Forty Ways to Look at JFK
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Das Happiness Projekt
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0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013
Happier at Home: How I Lear...
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“The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.”
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message 1: by Luisa

Luisa I love Flannery O'Connor's works. But then I like a variety of writers and different genres.

Good seeing a title I hadn't read.


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